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Red Strand

Red Strand from directly overhead

Red Strand is a beach, at a modelled elevation of 19 m. Shehy More stands 546 m to the northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Lady's Well, a spring 0.4 miles away. Wild Atlantic Way passes 0.3 miles off. 58 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Access
Yes

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates51.54768, -8.92702

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Galley Head Signal Tower: 1.4 mi
  • Old Coast Guard Station: 1.5 mi
  • Rathbarry Church Ruin: 2.4 mi
  • Castlefreke Castle: 2.7 mi
  • Downeen Castle South: 4.3 mi
Beaches
  • The Long Strand: 1.8 mi
  • Little Island Strand: 3.2 mi
  • Ownahincha Strand (West): 3.4 mi
  • The Warren: 3.9 mi
  • Inchydoney Beach: 4.2 mi
Peaks: 58
  • Péicin Thalamh na Gainmhe: 8.5 mi
  • Poll na Slinne: 8.9 mi
  • Cartivourneen: 9.0 mi
  • Big Height: 9.2 mi
  • Big Bank: 9.2 mi
Springs: 40
Attractions: 36
Cliffs: 20
Parks: 18
  • Parking 5cars: 5.0 mi
  • Emmet Place: 5.4 mi
  • Riverside amenity area: 5.4 mi
  • Croppy Park: 5.6 mi
  • Dunworly Beach: 7.9 mi
Artworks: 11
  • Henry Ford Model T: 9.0 mi
  • St Patrick: 9.5 mi
  • St. Molaga's Sheef: 9.6 mi
  • Molly the Púca: 11.8 mi
  • Sam Maguire: 14.4 mi
Museums: 9
  • Cottage Museum: 2.3 mi
  • Michael Collins House Museum: 5.3 mi
  • Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa Casket: 7.7 mi
  • Michael Collins Centre: 8.0 mi
  • Heritage Centre: 14.8 mi
Nature reserves: 4
  • Long Strand Dunes: 1.8 mi
  • The Warren Dunes: 4.1 mi
  • Irish National Forestry Foundation: 13.0 mi
  • Port Ban Nature Reserve, Irish Wildlife Trust: 24.0 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Ballinadee Millenium Project: 17.1 mi
  • Innishannon Woods: 18.7 mi
  • Kilmurry Woods: 20.4 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Fall Down: 13.5 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • The Bridge: 22.5 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Red Strand. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Shehy MoreNW 322°545.6 m21.0 mi
Nowen HillNW 312°535.2 m18.2 mi
Nowen Hill SW TopNW 309°509 m18.5 mi
Mullach MéiseNW 304°494.3 m20.0 mi
Douce MountainNW 320°476 m22.8 mi
Doughill MountainNW 320°471 m24.1 mi
Maughanaclea Hills E TopNW 312°470 m19.9 mi
Maughanaclea Hills W TopNW 310°452 m20.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4018:0418:48
June solstice05:1921:0321:58
September equinox07:2218:5319:37
December solstice08:4015:2716:29

Local time (Europe/Dublin).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/223074652

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